Can an accomplice be charged as a principal in a crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Guerrero, F066730, F066753 (Cal. App. 2015):
"An accomplice need not share in the actual perpetration of a crime to be chargeable as a principal therein; liability as an accomplice to a crime may be based on having aided and abetted its commission...." (People v. Snyder (2003) 112 Cal.App.4th
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